The Board is
constituted by virtue of and in accordance with the provisions of the Ontario
Highway Transport Board Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.19. It operates as a quasi
judicial administrative tribunal.

Under the Public Vehicles Act, R.S.O. 1990,
Chapter P.54 and the Motor Vehicle Transport Act, 1987, S. C. Chapter 35, as
amended by RS 1989, Chapter 29, the Board controls entry and maintains an
orderly development in the business of transporting passengers for compensation
in public vehicles, both within Ontario and to other jurisdictions.